Proposed  bj  the  Comniittee  on  Finance,  to  the  Bill  (IT.  R.  229)  to 
provide  more  effectually  for  the  reduction  and  redemption 
of  the  currency. 

1  Strike  out  Section  2,  and  insert  in  lieu  thereof,  as  follows  : 

2  "^KC.  2.  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  here- 

3  by  directed  and  re([uired,  whenever,  in  his  judgment,  the  exi- 

4  .u:cr:cie>;  of  the  Government  will  permit,  to  cancel  from  time  to 

5  Tiiue  such  an  amount  of  Treasury  notes  as  may  be  received 

6  into  the  Treasury,  until  the  amount  outstanding  shall  have  been 

7  reduced  to  two  hundred  millions  of  dollars." 

1  Strike  out  all  of  Sections  after  the  word  Trea<'ury,  in  the 

2  l2lhline. 


